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Please could I have some encouragement? I've been following Bootcamp and then Bootcamp Light for 8 weeks now, and lost 6lbs, never going lower than the weight I reached at the end of week 2. I'm not cheating but am in danger of losing faith.
Well done on the 6lbs, first of all 
That's 12 packs of butter, just to help you visualise it!
It is very common to see weight loss stop in weeks 3, 4 and/or 5 - but as it's gone on now for another 3 weeks, there's obviously something else going on here.
A typical day is:
B: Lidl FF yoghurt with dash of double cream, handful of flaxseed and 1/2tsp of cinnamon, cup of tea
Cream and flaxseed and (presumably) milk in your tea, could well be the culprits here. Try cutting out the dairy and see what happens.
L: bag of salad leaves & fried chicken or tinned salmon & dressing
This, potentially, could be quite low in fat - obviously difficult without seeing it, but both are relatively low fat sources of protein, so you should be using lots of fat in cooking and in dressings, and a generous dollop of full fat mayonnaise wouldn't go amiss either!
D: meat & veg, v small serving of berries (e.g. 3 strawberries) with cream.
Again, difficult without knowing specifically what you're cooking/eating, but are you getting enough fat? Definitely give the strawberries and cream a miss for a bit.
Water throughout the day - usually manage 2l but not the 3.5 I ought to.
You must drink the water - it's really important.
I was away at a conference this weekend, so had to negotiation hotel food, buffet lunches etc, but was v proud of managing to stay low carb.
Well done! It's really hard to navigate situations like this, and it could be that your choices were higher in carbs than you expected - it's amazing how much stuff has sugar in it!
It's Off on a business trip to Portugal tomorrow until Friday which will involve unavoidable vino, it's hard not to think sod it and be a properly carby twat.
Sometimes there's nothing you can do - do your best, but enjoy yourself.
Could it be that this woe just doesn't work for me? Maybe I should do an Ubercamp fat fast when I get back?
I think it should work for you, if you make the tweaks suggested - each thing in its own right is only little, but together they could be causing you to stall.
Other things to consider:
- are you eating enough? This isn't a WOE that's about deprivation; sometimes - often because we associate diets with 'less' - people don't eat enough when they're low carbing.
- are you sleeping well? Lack of sleep can result in high levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which can impede weight loss
- are you taking any medication? If you're taking painkillers, take paracetamol rather than ibuprofen
- are you under a lot of stress? Same issue re cortisol!
Focus on what you have achieved so far, enjoy your trip, and plan lots of lovely low carb meals for when you get back.
If you look at the tabs on the spreadsheet, you'll see that there are several plans for ubercamp, which is a series of dairy-free, low carb day menus. There are three days' worth of meals based on meat and eggs, three days' worth of meals based on meat and no eggs and three days' worth of meals based on fish, no meat.
Good luck!